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• n  (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose

• Across town at the LSE, workmen are putting the finishing touches to an eight-story teaching facility, financed from the $200 million whip-round among alumni and other donors .

Quotes

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• Alex Bruce in Ipswich Evening Star
  Bruce said: "We had a whip-round to buy him a crash helmet and that helped lift his spirits. Alan was a bit down about it but the cyclist is getting better so that helped Alan too."
• Craig Levein in SkySports
  No, there is nothing in it,said Levein. "We would need a whip-round to get anybody in."
• Aled Haydn Jones in ic Wales
  Asked what it would take to get Chris naked, Aled said: "A lot of money! Shall we do a whip-round? I'm sure Chris and the team will tease me about this. But once they get over the fact that I'm naked in a magazine, they'll be proud of me for doing...